37TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, RCA

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LINEAGE

This Reserve Force regiment originated in
Montréal, Quebec on 9 May 1905 when the '6th
Brigade of Field Artillery, CA' was authorized to be
formed.1 It was redesignated: '2nd Brigade, CFA'
on 2 February 1920;2 '2nd Field Brigade, CA' on
1 July 1925;3 '2nd Field Brigade, RCA' on
3 June 1935;4 '2nd (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA'
on 7 November 1940;5 '2nd (Reserve) Field
Regiment, RCA' on 15 December 1943;6 '37th Field
Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;7 and '37th Field
Artillery Regiment, RCA' on 12 April 1960.8 It was
reduced to nil strength and transferred to the
Supplementary Order of Battle on
26 February 1965.9

Perpetuations

'2nd Brigade, CFA, CEF'

Notes :
The 2nd Brigade, CFA was disbanded for the purpose of
reorganization on 1 April 1920 and reorganized the same day
(GO 9/22). This change was administrative and does not affect
the lineage of the brigade.

The 2nd Brigade, CFA was authorized a Reserve order of battle
counterpart on 1 November 1920 (GO 186/20). The reserve unit
was disbanded on 14 December 1936 (GO 3/37).

Headquarters Location

Montréal, Quebec

OPERATIONAL HISTORY

The First World War

The 2nd Brigade, which was authorized on
6 August 1914 as the '2nd Field Artillery Brigade,
CFA, CEF',10 embarked for Britain on
26 September 1914.11 It disembarked in France on
12 and 13 February 1915,12 where it provided field
artillery support as part of the 1st Canadian
Divisional Artillery in France and Flanders until the
end of the war.13 The brigade was disbanded on
23 October 1920.14

13. G.W.L. Nicholson, The Gunners of Canada. The History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, vol. 1 (Toronto, 1967), passim.

14. GO 191/20. Although this formation is not specifically listed, this is considered the official disbandment date as it is the General Order in which the batteries and ammunition column of the brigade were disbanded / Même si cette formation n'est pas spécifiquement listée, l'on considéré cette date comme étant celle de sa dissolution officiel puisqu'elle correspond à l'ordre général ordonnant la dissolution des batteries et de la colonne des munitions de la formation.

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